Blue Plastic Tracks

I'll list here all my modified engines,

New type c12 with hyper dash motor fitted


My modified Gordon, defaced, converted to 3v (twin AA) and fitted with a hyperdash motor and an LED




Biwaka, modified with an led (battery cell in the tender)


Salty, defaced and with led main lamp and flashing amber beacons (powered with a step up booster)


Dd51, with head lights using a step up booster pack


And a video of the DD51


Neville, defaced and modified with a hyper dash motor


Then I have a selection of rolling stock, with added led lighting,
X1 Brown & X2 blue shua 48 coaches


Workmans van


X3 brakevans

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Apparently you can only embed one video per post, so here is my rolling stock at night video

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And a video of the defaced salty, with his flashing amber warning beacons

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And today I made a start modifying a trackmaster brakevan, u like this sort of van as they were used on UK railways and match the thomas trains, I wanted to illuminate it with a rearward facing single LED, this is today's effort which still requires glue, it's powered by a 3v lithium cell inside the body, the switch is in the rear coupling aperture and the led is a red SMT

Excellent place for the switch on the brakevan, perfect


Great thread for some great mods...

wow! really like the lit up coaches, they look awesome! well done. looking forward to seeing whats next.

Thank you, I intend to do a few more, I've got some of Spencer's Pullman coaches, I've also got a set of ordinary coaches which need converting, they are in my to-do list!

I've just put together a little video of my modified Neville

Excellent video Tramp

Like the cheerie music. Nice string of black gondolas and the red light on the rear of the brake van looks great. Don't you just love those Auto Switch Points?

This train is the perfect candidate for some black plastic couplers don't ya think? Hope everyone is voting in the poll. The more interest that is shown the more likely the man who makes the couplers will run off a batch. POLL

I know it would be a great candidate for black couplings, white ones just stand out so much! My next project is a rake of 4 standard carriages, I'm going to fit LEDs to the roofs, they're intended for the first generation james I have, which has a hyperdash2 motor and has been defaced and needs a little detailing!



Although it's loud I love these engines, I just wish they had quieter drive units!

I made another video today, it's a little longer than my others, I hope you enjoy it

Fantastic Tranp

I just love how the trains picked up their speed to the faster tempo of the music in the middle. Perfect timing, like a professional, choreographed number. Defaced James looks to be a good runner and your 2 headlamped DD51 was a perfect engine for the smelting plant cars.

Bravo!!!

Thanks super, it's a great feeling being able to share with you all, yeah, when I put the video clips together I dumped them all in the application, I then had to choose a backing track ( which I was a little limited with) and when I played the video it didn't fit! I had to take some additional clips and put the fast trains together at the end, I also had to crop the clips to get the things happening at the same time as the music!
Yeah James does run well, especially now he has a hyperdash motor in, much livelier! I couldn't bare to leave him standard, it just feels right for the tender engines to go faster than the shunters! The dd51 is great, it's so quiet and the crucible cars do go well with it!

Awesome mods!!
Time to look for my soldering iron! I wonder which locomotive will be my first victim? LOL